Renaissance

New bookkeeping practices that enhanced trade after the end of the Middle Ages were made easier by the use of -

Arabic numerals

In Florence, the Medici were

Bankers

Which economic practice was condemned by the Church in the Middle Ages?

Charging interest, usury

In what way did the Church show the influence of humanism beginning in the 14th century?

Church officials became patrons of the arts

How did the Italian Renaissance differ from the Northern Renaissance?

Classical learning was combined with Church teachings in the north

After the end of feudalism, what event stimulated trade?

Crusades

Wrote the Praise of Folly to express concerns about the decline of ethics. Wanted a traslation of the Bible in the vernacular.

Desiderius Erasmus

Who was known as the "Leonardo of the North"?

Durer

What region was the center of the Northern Renaissance?

Flanders

Name three important Italian city-states

Flocence, Genoa, and Venice

• Were sea ports in northern Italy • Located on trade routes connecting markets in Europe with the Middle East and North Africa • Acted as distribution centers to northern Europe • Developed banking networks These characteristics best desrcibe--

Genoa, Florence, and Venice, Milan

Many ideas of the European Renaissance were based on the cultures of ancient

Greece and Rome

How did humanism try to balance intellect and faith?

Humanism encouraged people to think about Church teachings

The Last Supper was painted during which time period?

Italian Renaissance

Which statement accurately describes the trading position of Italy?

Italy had major trade routes passing through it

Who was the first European to write about Arabic numbers?

Leonardo Fibonacci

Use this list to answer the next question. • it is better to be feared, than loved • do good if possible, do evil if necessary • the ends justify the means • a leader should have absolute power

Machiavelli

Which Renaissance writer advocated the philosophy that "the end justifies the means?"

Machiavelli

The banking family that supported the arts and were politically active were the

Medicis

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

Who wrote the book Utopia?

More

• The end justifies the means. • Rulers should do good if possible, but must be evil when necessary. • Rulers should do anything necessary to achieve and maintain absolute power These statements best reflect the ideas of--

Niccolo Machiavelli

Which of the following cities did not give birth to the Renaissance? Florence Rome Venice Paris

Paris

He is considered the "father" of humanism and was a poet.

Petrarch

Who is known as "the father of Humanism?"

Petrarch

Which invention was most important in spreading the Renaissance?

Printing press

Who painted the School of Athens?

Raphael

What style of architecture became common during the Renaissance?

Roman

This poet and playwright was from England:

Shakespeare

Which English playwrite wrote 37 plays that are still preformed around the world today?

Shakespeare

What figure of the northern Renaissance wrote Utopia?

Sir Thomas More

Michelangelo is famous for his work in what building?

Sistine Chapel

Machiavelli's book on secular statecraft is entitled

The Prince

Which book written by Machiavelli was a guide for rulers?

The Prince

What made Florence an early center of the Renaissance?

The city had great wealth

The Prince is famous for advocating what idea?

The end result always justifies the means

How did Europeans gain access to ancient Greek works?

The works were preserved by Muslims and translated into Latin by Church scholars

What role did merchants play in the Italian Renaissance?

They patronized, or hired, artists

How did Christian scholars gain new knowledge about medicine and science?

They stuidied in Muslim libraries in Spain

Why did scholars study the classics in the 14th and 15th centuries?

They wanted to learn more about the ancient Greeks and Romans

The Prince was--

a book that told rulers how to gain and keep control

In northern Italy, the Church's rule against usury came into conflict with-

banks' practice of charging interest on loans

The use of perspective allowed artist to

create the appearance of three dimensions in their paintings

The Praise of Folly was written to--

criticize and condemn the Church

What characterizes many works of Renaissance literature?

focus on people as individuals

Humanism is an intellectual movement that

focuses on the potential of humans to achieve

During the Renaissance, Florence was most noted for its

great artist

One factor contributing to the increased accuracy of maps in the Renaissance was

greater knowledge about the physical world

The engineering achievment often associated with the Renaissance is the construction of

huge domes on cathedrals

People who studied Greek and Roman culture and used it to understand their own times were known as--

humanists

The Church's rule against lending money and charging interest-

led to the rise of banking houses

In the early Renaissance, what new monetary device expanded the supply of money and expedited trade?

letters of credit

What invention had the greatest influence on the spread of ideas in the Northern Renaissance?

moveable type

What led to the rise of city-states in northern Italy?

profits from trade between Europe and the Middle East

The European Renaissance resulted in

the creation of art and literature focused on the secular which led to decreased power of the Church

Which event was a trigger for birth of the Northern Renaissance?

the end of the bubonic plague

Machiavelli promoted the idea that

the ends justify the means

Which condition helped spread Renaissance ideas?

the growth of cities

Wealth accumulated from European trade with the Middle East led to -

the rise of Italian city-states

Define the term usury?

to charge interest on a loan

The Italian city-states became important. What led to the rise of Florence, Venice, and Genoa?

trade between Europe and the Middle East

Which of the following represents an artist of the Northern Renaissance?Michelangelo van Eyck Leonardo da Vinci Machiavelli

van Eyck

The Renaissance artists were supported by

wealthy patrons

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

wealthy patrons

The Italian city-states--

were controlled by families of the merchant class

Renaissance artist tended to produce works that

were realistic